Literacy in the classroom
"You can find magic wherever you look, sit back and relax all you need is a book" Dr Seuss
The literacy program in my classroom contains a myriad of opportunities for language experience, shared books, guided reading, modelled writing, shared and guided writing and independent reading and writing. In my role as a teacher, I provide a learning enviroment that inspires the love of literacy with meaningful, rich and engaging experiences that are relevent to the lives and needs of my students. My aim is to foster the love of reading and writing for my students so that they can make meaning, express themselves and become lifelong learners.
Rich, authentic and meaningful reading, writing and language experiences.
Fostering a love of literacy and developing a community of readers in the classroom.
Love of reading
Reading stratgies
Appreciation of books
Language rich environment
Literacy learning centres
Student autonomy
Creative writing
Writers notebook
Wide range of texts
Using ICT
Collaboration
Conferencing
Workshops
Places to relax and enjoy reading in quiet time.
Anchor charts that are referred to and are accessible for students to reinforce learning.
Literacy experiences that reflect diversity and promote global thinking and different perspectives.
Explicit teacher modelling and visual aides.
Differentiated teaching to meet the needs of students from a range of abilities. Support provided to ensure that students are developing in the zone of proximal development.
Assessment for, as and of learning to understand where students are in their learning, where they need to go and how I am going to get them there.
Powerful frameworks to inform pedagogical practice.
